Pictorial Genre

The Blue Dancers (1899) by Edgar Degas can possibly be recognized as one of the greatest ever pastel drawings. Living, breathing figures captured in a moment they may have deemed a banal peek into their everyday life. To draw from life, or “figure draw," usually refers to the instructional class taught in many schools and academies of fine art. The pastel, charcoal or humble pencil thus signifies the beginnings of an artist's career. It is often regarded as the most ideal way for artists to render the human body and master its line, depth and shape necessary for the portrait, a valuable skill. However, life portraiture often captures the body in motion causing the artist to depict muscle action, direction and perspective. Though the 19th century produced Degas, it also produced the camera and the focus on artists to depict movement – to snapshot life. In Artsper's own selections, the works of life portrait artist Marc Desgrandchamps are inspired by the decomposition of the movement of Eadweard Muybridge's chronophotographic experiments. Whilst Alejandra Caballero's work is much more introspective, noting that the quieter, more subtle movements in life, such as talking on the phone or taking a bath, must also be captured.

Sogni e domande fuori porta

Luigi Iona

Painting . 75 x 65 x 0.1 cm Painting . 29.5 x 25.6 x 0 inch

€390

Ave Maria

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 47 x 35 x 2 cm Painting . 18.5 x 13.8 x 0.8 inch

€500

I have to save you

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€500

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

Dasha Pogodina

Painting . 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€500

Aire

Mónica Castanys

Painting . 50 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€2,500

Torquoise morning

Mónica Castanys

Painting . 70 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€2,900

Le modèle

Adrien Holy

Painting . 55.5 x 38 x 2 cm Painting . 21.9 x 15 x 0.8 inch

€2,782

Underwater Green Blue

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 119 x 90 x 0.14 cm Painting . 46.9 x 35.4 x 0.1 inch

€6,800

What are your Neighbours Doing Next?

Hiromi Sengoku

Painting . 60.6 x 45.5 x 3 cm Painting . 23.9 x 17.9 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Waves I

Mónica Castanys

Painting . 30 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,400

Underwater

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 80 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€3,200

Beyond the soft colors

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 71 x 163 x 0.1 cm Painting . 28 x 64.2 x 0 inch

€4,018

Hawaiian Surf, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Anthony Dunphy

Painting . 38.1 x 45.7 x 0.8 cm Painting . 15 x 18 x 0.3 inch

€679

Perspective (3)

Isabelle Lebret

Painting . 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Perspective

Isabelle Lebret

Painting . 40 x 40 x 3 cm Painting . 15.7 x 15.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

La Sieste

Carole Leprince

Painting . 73 x 92 x 3 cm Painting . 28.7 x 36.2 x 1.2 inch

€850

La Passeggiata

Carole Leprince

Painting . 80 x 80 x 4 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.6 inch

€850

Les jours heureux I

David Jamin

Painting . 73 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,550

Interno inquieto

Sergio Ceccotti

Painting . 50 x 35 x 1 cm Painting . 19.7 x 13.8 x 0.4 inch

€2,800

Cochonnerie

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 81 x 130 x 3 cm Painting . 31.9 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch

€2,364

Chargé VII

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 68 x 62 x 3 cm Painting . 26.8 x 24.4 x 1.2 inch

€1,746

Perspective (2)

Isabelle Lebret

Painting . 30 x 30 x 3 cm Painting . 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.2 inch

€1,000

Chargé IV

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 62 x 111 x 3 cm Painting . 24.4 x 43.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,820

Accordance

Isabelle Lebret

Painting . 60 x 60 x 3 cm Painting . 23.6 x 23.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,200

Mélancolie

Isabelle Lebret

Painting . 50 x 50 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch

€1,500

Emerald sea

Mónica Castanys

Painting . 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,500

Nude Abstract

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 70 x 64 x 2 cm Painting . 27.6 x 25.2 x 0.8 inch

€2,200

Siesta

Dima Filatov

Painting . 120 x 80 x 0.4 cm Painting . 47.2 x 31.5 x 0.2 inch

€780

Siren I

Mónica Castanys

Painting . 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,500

Underwater

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 127 x 79 x 0.1 cm Painting . 50 x 31.1 x 0 inch

€3,600

Swimmer

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 108 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting . 42.5 x 43.3 x 0 inch

€3,800

Relaxation

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 100 x 80 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 0 inch

€3,200

Dying beauty

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€3,273

This is Not Funny

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 100 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 39.4 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€3,273

La Danteuse

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 71 x 150 x 3 cm Painting . 28 x 59.1 x 1.2 inch

€2,728

L'Oiseau Damoclès

Patricia Dubois

Painting . 116 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€2,551

Antique shop

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 90 x 72 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 28.3 x 0.8 inch

€1,250

In the Blue

Julia Whitehead

Painting . 56 x 76 x 2 cm Painting . 22 x 29.9 x 0.8 inch

€1,948

Tarmac

Helen Uter

Painting . 114 x 162 x 3 cm Painting . 44.9 x 63.8 x 1.2 inch

€4,700

Côte d'Azur

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 20 x 20 x 1.7 cm Painting . 7.9 x 7.9 x 0.7 inch

€134 €121

Stanchezza cronica

Luigi Iona

Painting . 70 x 50 x 1.5 cm Painting . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.6 inch

€230

N° 1132 Covid 19 (5) 'Jouons à nous divertir'.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 81 x 2.4 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.9 inch

€800

Underwater Mediterranean

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 106 x 99 x 0.1 cm Painting . 41.7 x 39 x 0 inch

€4,200

Deviant Portrait

Matteo Fieno

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€990

They are coming

Dima Filatov

Painting . 80 x 120 x 1 cm Painting . 31.5 x 47.2 x 0.4 inch

€1,150

N° 949 Bruno Dumont.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

La femme au fleur

Jana & JS

Painting . 48 x 31 cm Painting . 18.9 x 12.2 inch

€390

Mimicry

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 79 x 126.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 31.1 x 49.8 x 0 inch

€6,800

Underwater

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 113 x 110 x 0.1 cm Painting . 44.5 x 43.3 x 0 inch

€6,000

Underwater Pink

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 160 x 140 x 0.1 cm Painting . 63 x 55.1 x 0 inch

€12,000

Underwater Turquoise Red

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 100.5 x 113 x 0.1 cm Painting . 39.6 x 44.5 x 0 inch

€11,998

Swimmer

Alexandra Djokic

Painting . 90 x 156 x 0.1 cm Painting . 35.4 x 61.4 x 0 inch

€10,000

The limits of pleasure

Igor Shulman

Painting . 96.8 x 66 x 5.1 cm Painting . 38.1 x 26 x 2 inch

€2,500

A Cat Bringing Night

Hiromi Sengoku

Painting . 36.4 x 51.5 x 3 cm Painting . 14.3 x 20.3 x 1.2 inch

€900

Heartbreack Hotel

Laëtitia Giraud

Painting . 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Letto verde azzurro

Luigi Iona

Painting . 68 x 53.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 26.8 x 21.1 x 0 inch

€170

Giocare col cane

Luigi Iona

Painting . 29 x 18.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 11.4 x 7.3 x 0 inch

€130

N° 1130 Covid 19 (3) Traque à l'info b

R. Cavalié

Painting . 54 x 81 x 2.4 cm Painting . 21.3 x 31.9 x 0.9 inch

€800

N° 1129 Covid 19 (2) Traque à l'info a.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 81 x 2.4 cm Painting . 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.9 inch

€800

N° 1128 Covid 19 (1) Angoissant Tête-à-tête.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 65 x 92 x 2.4 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.9 inch

€1,000

Vulnerability

Roxana Khonkulova

Painting . 95 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 37.4 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,200

Trio sur la plage

Rudyard Heaton

Painting . 89 x 116 x 2 cm Painting . 35 x 45.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,800

For The Heart

Laëtitia Giraud

Painting . 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Magenta sauna.

Igor Shulman

Painting . 69.6 x 69.6 x 5.1 cm Painting . 27.4 x 27.4 x 2 inch

€2,054

White summer

Mónica Castanys

Painting . 100 x 80 x 5 cm Painting . 39.4 x 31.5 x 2 inch

€4,000

La passion créatrice

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

Painting . 150 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 59.1 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€4,000

If I Can Dream

Laëtitia Giraud

Painting . 116 x 89 x 3 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 1.2 inch

€2,800

Lingerie 2 - The Butterfly

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 48 x 39 x 0.3 cm Painting . 18.9 x 15.4 x 0.1 inch

€804

After the party, Red

Igor Shulman

Painting . 68.6 x 88.9 x 5.1 cm Painting . 27 x 35 x 2 inch

€2,500

Bain de soleil

Francine Van Hove

Painting . 73 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 28.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€12,200

Giada che accende una candela

Luigi Iona

Painting . 100 x 70 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch

€330

N° 923 Bien sûr, elle s'en remettra !

R. Cavalié

Painting . 92 x 73 x 2 cm Painting . 36.2 x 28.7 x 0.8 inch

€1,000

N° 726 Blanc 3. Radio fessier blanc.

R. Cavalié

Painting . 50 x 50 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch

€420

Naufragio

José Luis Pagador Ponce

Painting . 116 x 89 x 1.5 cm Painting . 45.7 x 35 x 0.6 inch

€6,200

Foir your, or for me!

José Luis Pagador Ponce

Painting . 130 x 81 x 1.5 cm Painting . 51.2 x 31.9 x 0.6 inch

€9,000

Buongiorno amore

José Luis Pagador Ponce

Painting . 100 x 100 x 2 cm Painting . 39.4 x 39.4 x 0.8 inch

€6,200

Avec Mona Lisa

Francine Van Hove

Painting . 46 x 65 x 2 cm Painting . 18.1 x 25.6 x 0.8 inch

€10,700

En soi

Isabelle Lebret

Painting . 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

Toi et Moi

Isabelle Lebret

Painting . 50 x 100 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch

€3,500

L’ange déçu

Isabelle Lebret

Painting . 80 x 80 x 3 cm Painting . 31.5 x 31.5 x 1.2 inch

€3,600

N° 1136 Covid 19 (8) Trop long ce confinement !

R. Cavalié

Painting . 50 x 100 x 2.4 cm Painting . 19.7 x 39.4 x 0.9 inch

€780

Flight to the Dream

Anatoly Varvarov

Painting . 50 x 60 x 2 cm Painting . 19.7 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch

€1,440

Pause entre deux poses

Francine Van Hove

Painting . 65 x 92 cm Painting . 25.6 x 36.2 inch

€16,000

Mais ce n'était que le soleil

Francine Van Hove

Painting . 54 x 81 cm Painting . 21.3 x 31.9 inch

€13,200

Plurielle

Francine Van Hove

Painting . 73 x 92 cm Painting . 28.7 x 36.2 inch

€17,500

Future Worship

Mihai Florea

Painting . 220 x 120 x 3 cm Painting . 86.6 x 47.2 x 1.2 inch

€4,500

Las dos hermanas

Jordi Turbau

Painting . 52.5 x 75 x 3 cm Painting . 20.7 x 29.5 x 1.2 inch

€1,100

Mujeres en la cama

Jordi Turbau

Painting . 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€1,200

Chica fumando

Jordi Turbau

Painting . 50 x 70 x 3 cm Painting . 19.7 x 27.6 x 1.2 inch

€800

Muse.

Igor Shulman

Painting . 119.9 x 49.5 x 5.1 cm Painting . 47.2 x 19.5 x 2 inch

€3,036

Là où nos regards se croisent

Sylvie Julkowski-Egard

Painting . 90 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 35.4 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€1,750

Girls at the Sea

Konovalov Igor

Painting . 120 x 90 x 2 cm Painting . 47.2 x 35.4 x 0.8 inch

€2,280

The golden hour

Dzovig Arnelian

Painting . 25.5 x 12.5 x 0.1 cm Painting . 10 x 4.9 x 0 inch

€179

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